February 2024 Turkey Season Tips & Tricks

So, it’s February here in North Georgia and with turkey season right around the corner we are beginning to get excited. We’ve been spending a lot of time in the woods the past few weeks looking and listening for the elusive Eastern Wild Turkey! We wanted to do some tips and tricks on some important things to remember and do this spring turkey season.

•        Get out there! The best thing that you can do to find a spring long beard this year is to be in the woods. Get your boots on the ground. There is no better way to kill a Turkey than to figure out exactly here they are or want to be beforehand. But... Remember that you are going to be attempting to kill them in the near future so do NOTeducate them! Do your best to not disturb them before you must. Try to be out there right at daylight or right at dark to listen for gobbling.

•        Get to know the terrain. Once again get out there and put boots on the ground and get to know every logging road, oak flat, creek, clear cut, or field in the woods you’re going to be hunting.

•        Remember the hens will be looking for food, and the gobblers will be looking for them! If all else fails find the hens and what they are eating such as acorns, hickory nuts, bugs, general browse etc...

•        If you can find where they are roosting, try to “put him to bed” the night before your hunt, that doesn’t guarantee success, but it sure doesn’t hurt either!

•        If you’re a fan of aerial maps, they can be a big help especially when you are trying to hunt an area that you aren’t very familiar with or if you haven’t had time to scout. The main thing I look for here in the mountains are habitat diversity on the satellite layer, and good creek drainages for them to roost around.

•        Don’t forget to practice that calling fellas! And good luck this season!